Single Phase Three Phase

Dose anyone know if you can use a single phase rotor with a three phase stator on a mark III RM23 THANKS Phil

Why not? Rotor is just magnet poles swung past the stator coils. The phases come from the coil arrangement not the magnets. More magnets better than fewer unless their flux over laps a coil to pull and push electrons opposite at once nullifying current flow. If you luck out may be able to have it work like a magneto, each swing of magnet by a coil give a jolt of juice just when the points open or trigger signal hits so coil is already charged, batteryless. Maybe just a condensor would do it like a tiny battery, as factory intended. Main thing is a rectifier regulator to match single phase. I'm not sure but I bet the rotors are the same just stators changed as model upgrades and after market.

If you buy the complete kit for both single and 3 phase the rotor is the same, so unless your current rotor is down on its magnetism you can just change the stator.

OK glad I didn't mislead on one rotor fits all stator types. Main voltage down fall is loss of flux over time and temp. Down/dirty way to tell if enough left to matter, a screw driver etc should take some effort to pull off and release in a jerk.
Main issue to watch for in old rotors is the loose center wobbles.

Thanks hobot and kommando Phil

Norton-Villier said:

Dose anyone know if you can use a single phase rotor with a three phase stator on a mark III RM23 THANKS Phil

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Just to be clear, the RM23 is 180 watt single phase and standerd on MKIII. I believe the RM24 is the three phase. Perhaps for Interpol?

pvisseriii said:

I believe the RM24 is the three phase. Perhaps for Interpol?

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But I don't think the RM 24 was available until after Commando production ended.

Thanks pvisseriii and L.A.B. Phil